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[dwarfed]

I've been in this world for a while...but I can't build a craftdwarves workshop + carpenter workshops because I need a 'manager'

How do I get a manager? I thought I had an expedition leader...but I'm not sure...

[Ulfarr]

I don't remember any workshop requiring a manager before they can be built but, anyway, you should be able to apoint one through the (n)oble menu.

[Thisfox]

You can appoint one through the {n}oble menu, but remember they will need a table and chair assigned for the manager to not get really upset. In my first 7, I tend to make the manager and the bookkeeper the same dorf, then have a pair of clerks doing the two jobs later when the fort grows.

[Bumber]

Access to the 'P'rofile section of a workshop requires a manager, I think.

[PatrikLundell]

You don't need the manager position filled to make workshops, but, as Bumber pointed out, the profile section of them does. The expedition leader/mayor is required to allow you to fill noble positions, if I recall correctly. Normally the death of the expedition leader causes a new one to be appointed, but not if your civ is truly dead, and then you're in a very tricky situation with no way out (although it might possibly be possible to hobble through for the decades it takes to get the pop up to a situation where a mayor may be elected).

[Stadfradt]

Using work orders will save your sanity.
This thread helped me immensely, especially the OP: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=158287.0
Here's the wiki: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Manager#Work_orders

[A_Curious_Cat]

The manager doesn’t handle needs.  You need to take care of those yourself (or use Dwarf Therapist).  The manager handles work orders (I.e. orders for particular items to be produced -possible repeatedly, possibly based on certain criteria- ).  That’s all they do.  They have nothing to do with your dwarves needs.

[PatrikLundell]

The manager doesn’t handle needs.  You need to take care of those yourself (or use Dwarf Therapist).  The manager handles work orders (I.e. orders for particular items to be produced -possible repeatedly, possibly based on certain criteria- ).  That’s all they do.  They have nothing to do with your dwarves needs.

You've misunderstood the issue. The thread title refers to (apparently) needing a Manager noble to be able to perform certain tasks, not management of dwarven needs.

[dwarfed]

Thank you everyone for your help!